kimberlysteele | Ogham Readings on Sundays

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to read your Ogham free of charge -- that's how I hone my divination skills. I take reading requests until 8pm Central Time (Chicago Illinois USA) on Sunday night. Though I am flattered that people want readings after the deadline, I decline reading requests made after 8pm Central Time on Sunday night without exception.

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From: (Anonymous)

What’s up this week?

Last week was pretty good! Maybe the Ogham need a tune-up every 50,000 predictions?

From:

kimberlysteele

Perhaps! Keep in mind they were also wrong (at least time-wise) about the massive MRNA quaxx die-off, which was the subject of my most recent essay. Both they and I are extremely fallible.

For the You card this week, you drew Coll or Wisdom ill-dignified. You may be frustrated with the amount of intel you have to work with, or you may feel under- or over-confident about what you know. Either way, choosing your words carefully is especially important this week. Though it is important to speak your mind, you don't have to make a bulleted list of your innermost thoughts available for all to see.

For the Situation, you drew Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. This could indicate physical risk or danger, but it is typically less dramatic. When I draw this one, I keep a strict eye on my habits and try to incorporate as many health-boosting ones as possible. It can also talk about people around you being overly defensive or the opposite, being at risk or engaging in risky behavior.

For the Outcome, you drew Fearn or Bridge well-dignified. You'll get a great deal from your teachers and mentors this week, both corporeal and non-corporeal. I thank you for your prayers to St. Francis on behalf of Kiki, my cat who died in 2021. I sincerely believe he listened. It is St. Francis's influence that has brought me the most comfort in the wake of her death.

From:

kimberlysteele

Also, where Fearn is concerned, look for the ability to have reasonable conversations with people you disagree with, the ability to work and cooperate with those who do not share your views, or good knowledge gleaned from a source with whom you do not see eye to eye with.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What do I need to know in order to make the best out of this week?

Thanks!
-Eugene

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Eugene,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Luis or Protection well-dignified. The mere presence of this card can indicate physical danger, so be on the lookout this week and don't take any chances. You are better able to rise above bad habits and miserable people this week, so make special notes of the good and bad urges that arise. What was your strategy for defeating them in the past? At what times have your urges won and when have you triumphed? What did it take to triumph?

For the Situation, you drew Ioho or Grace ill-dignified. Ioho in this dignity talks about not letting go of a particular obsession. You need to let go of this in order to grow up and continue along on your path. It is an obstacle given to you as a learning experience.

For the Outcome, you drew Tinne or Defense well-dignified. This is another could-be danger card even when well-dignified. That said, it usually speaks of having developed a healthy shell so that when you react to situations and other people, you are coming from a place of solid ground and sanity: your fears may be present and accounted for, but they are not in control of you. You are in control of them.

From:

nightwatchwaits

Dear Kimberly. Please can you ask your Ogham what I will be wise to keep in mind this week.

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi NWW,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Ur or Intimacy well-dignified. If you have a significant other or bestie, that relationship will be especially beneficial this week. If you do not, it indicates being alone but not at all lonely. Even the contentedly married can feel isolated, so having a steady mate is no guarantee of having true companionship. Ur means feeling comfortable in your own skin and knowing yourself well enough to commence work on your best attributes without dwelling on the worst.

For the Situation, you drew Straif or Resilience ill-dignified. There may be a strain on your resources this week -- I often draw this one when my finances are thin or when I have one of those weeks where I feel draggy and tired. Those sorts of things indicate a dearth of Straif energy. Too much Straif energy means that you're overprepped for an apocalypse that isn't going to happen anytime soon. Since Situation often refers to something you are called to observe in the world around you, I wouldn't necessarily take this card as an indication of what you are doing but perhaps what you are being called on to observe around you. Overdoing it in the overprepped direction makes us brittle in the emotional sense -- it's precisely that kind of "I'm ready for anything and I've made myself into an island!" smugness that nearly begs the forces of the Universe to show us what a personal apocalypse looks like. After all, collapse happens one person at a time.

For the Outcome, you drew Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. This indicates the need to get rid of the detritus, and that includes anything that does not "spark joy". When Marie Kondo coined that term, I'm sure she understood the profundity of what would happen when she got homedwellers to get rid of their excess paperwork, clothing, and bric-a-brac. When your household belongings are well-edited, the editing process spills over to other areas of your life. You discover the limits of what you are willing to deal with when it concerns other people and the activities that you fill your life with, what constitutes a deal-breaker, and the kind of sparkly joy that makes any one of them worth keeping.

Edited Date: 2023-01-22 08:34 pm (UTC)

From:

nightwatchwaits

Dear Kimberly Your reading on your website had three cards, but the email I received only had the first two - no outcome. This has not happened for your much appreciated earlier readings. Stranger things have happened in life, the occult and IT. Blessings upon you for this week. William (NWW)

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

From:

kimberlysteele

Weird!

From: (Anonymous)

Good Morning Kimberly,

To review: as one of those who drew all ill dignified cards last week, results were not as bad as expected. I drew Nuin, and made the analogy to Mercury in retrograde, and acted accordingly, reviewed, revised, reorganized, and took it easy with Mercurial matters. I also drew Ur, and the best approach to that was to follow the principle of "Silence is Golden". By keeping silence, uncomfortable conversations I thought I had to start were broached by the other party, and the issues on hand resolved without opening my big mouth. Lastly drawn was Quiert, and indeed, I was hard carried this week by others, and occupied myself with clearing the aggregated pile of small tasks that needed to be done.

To ask: What is it that I need to know for this week?

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate you taking the reading to heart. From the sounds of it, you made the absolute best out of the lot you were given.

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Nuin or Communication ill-dignified. I'm not sure if Mercury is in retrograde, but the same overarching issues seem to be looming if you push anything that pertains to communicating with strangers, commerce, and technology. Keep your expectations low and your approach chilled out.

For the Situation, you drew Uilleand or Generosity well-dignified. You feel appreciated and you repay that appreciation in kind. This generates positive feedback loops that bless you and all those you interact with by the power of seven. The lesson I believe the Ogham are trying to teach us via this card is that generosity creates more wealth than parsimony. As much as I am a fan of thriftiness and going without in certain things, there is a time and a place for it. Giving is a subtle art and must always be carefully balanced on the tip of a sword so it doesn't lean one way towards parsimony or the other towards profligacy.

For the Outcome, you drew Mór or Sea Change well-dignified. Mór is your general environment, particularly the astral climate. Right now, it is as good as it gets. This is not to say you don't need protection: it's a dangerous world. That said, you will have some good luck, so it is a fine week to hatch big plans for the future.

Edited Date: 2023-01-22 08:46 pm (UTC)

From:

tamanous2020

Hey Kim,

Thanks for offering your services and I hope you're well.

Q- I've decided to end a friendship with my former ex tomorrow night due to a lot of ongoing conflict and a connection that just doesn't work. She's unlikely to take this well and my main concern is that she may harass me at home or through work. Do I have anything to fear on either of those fronts?

Thanks,

Tamanous

From:

kimberlysteele

I hope my Ogham are right -- they seem to think she will be graceful about it and she will let you go. They provide Ioho or Grace well-dignified for how she will take the severance of the friendship. Hopefully this means that she too knows the friendship to be past its prime and will let go and move on.

For your concerns about harassment, they provide Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. They don't think to seem she will do that. Perhaps she will gossip about you, but nothing so bad that it could be called "harassment".

From:

tamanous2020

That's a big relief Kim, thanks so much.

From:

kimberlysteele

Not that I am any expert, but you might want to do some natural magic hoodoo candle magic on it. Not a cut and clear per se, but an Irish blessing/fare-thee-well spell meant to say Sayonara and release her to her destiny without you. I wonder if LuckyMojo.com has any spells like that? I don't think you'd need to get that formal though. I would burn a white or other neutral colored (gray or brown) candle on a Saturday during the hour of Saturn for 8 consecutive weeks starting on a waning moon. Neutral, gray, white, or brown to represent your intentions of neutrality. Generally wish her well as you part for about 8 minutes (8 is the number of Saturn). When you are done with the candle, if it is not completely spent, bury it in the back yard or throw it into a river and don't come back the exact same way you got there. Meditating on the relationship and its end would also be a good idea, and I am sure you have already done that.

From: (Anonymous)

Yay! Sunday already? I looooove to read all these...

X

Thanks for keeping our dreams and visions from just floating face down and bloated in still stagnant waters...

You keep us flowers and pretty.

E

From:

kimberlysteele

Thanks!

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly!

What should I be aware of this week? Your reading for me last week was spot on.

Thanks,
Nona

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Nona,

Thanks for the feedback!

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Ruis or Regret ill-dignified. The Ogham could be suggesting that you are prone to beating yourself too much over the past. Perhaps you could have helped, and perhaps you were truly helpless, but either way there is no changing it, only a firm resolution to avoid that kind of behavior or situation (whether it was your actions or the actions of another or of the place itself) and move on. In the opposite form of imbalance, you may not be seeing your own culpability and need to assess from a bird's eye view where you potentially have gone wrong.

For the Situation, you drew Tinne or Defense ill-dignified. Straight up, this card in this dignity can point to physical danger, so be on your guard. Typically, this position being one of the outside world's influence means that icky forces and nasty energies are attempting to prey on you and yours. Aside from healthy habits for all, I recommend prayer to deities, protective natural magic, and generally keeping a watchful eye over treasured people and things.

For the Outcome, you drew Phagos or Teaching well-dignified. This week offers the chance to absorb beneficial knowledge or possibly to share that knowledge with people who "get" it and can likewise benefit from it. Keep in mind Phagos could be re-named Gnosis and does not necessarily pertain to academic fields of study, though it could.

From:

nebulous_realms

Greetings Kimberly, hope you are doing splendidly this year so far.

1. I’m starting my New Year’s Resolutions a little later than most, and am going to start using an affirmation. I got ambiguous but seemingly positive divination results for Affirmation “A.” What does your Ogham think about the results from using this affirmation this year going into next?

2. As a possible alternative, what does your Ogham think about using Affirmation “B” this year going into next? Your Ogham can help in prioritizing which one will help me the most at this time.

3. What does your Ogham think about opportunity “BA”?

Thanks!

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Neb,

I am! Thank you.

For Affirmation A, my Ogham like it. They provide Beith or Beginnings/Intention well-dignified, meaning they think the intention of the affirmation is solid and they believe it will get results.

For Affirmation B, they think it should go back to the drawing board. They provide Phagos or Teaching ill-dignified, meaning that you need to tweak it and craft it more and then ask again. Your knowledge of that affirmation is not sufficient to go forward with it.

For Opportunity BA, my Ogham like it. They give you Ailm or Transcendence well-dignified.

From: (Anonymous)

Hello, Kimberly. I have a very persistent worry/fear, I'll call it Situation A. Do your ogham think it is likely, and what is their general advice on the matter?

I also have a persistent hope, though the odds don't seem good, I'll call it Situation B. Do your ogham think it is likely, and what is their general advice on the matter?

With gratitude,
Anon

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

My Ogham say that your worry/fear is legit. They provide Koad or Confluence well-dignified, meaning that part of this worry/fear is rooted in your own culpability, but much of it is the environment and fate, which means quite a bit is out of your control. Your task is to separate the threads of how you are connected to it and improve the processes by which you deal with it.

For the persistent hope, they don't see it as likely. They provide Eadha or Limits ill-dignified, meaning it is beyond the limits of your particular reality for the foreseeable future. Your task is to look at those limits and determine how you can make the absolute best of what you have to work with, limited as that may be.

From: (Anonymous)

Hey, I have a question about Chicago. When there was a big snow, people on side streets used to get together and dig out to, and in from, the main road that got plowed, since nobody could afford to stay home till May. Do Chicago residents still do that?

—Princess Cutekitten

From:

kimberlysteele

Yes, we do that. Even for small snows, the neighbor with a good snowblower does 2 or 3 surrounding neighbor's houses and anybody who is hearty and physically fit (often me) shovels whoever needs it on the block. We haven't had a snowpocalypse (over 4 feet of snow) for a long time though. It has been a few years.

From: (Anonymous)

Glad to hear it! I once suggested this in Columbus, Ohio, and everyone looked at me like I’d invited them over for barbecued baby.

—Princess Cutekitten

From:

kimberlysteele

LOL. I'm sure there are places in Ohio where neighbors shovel each other out when and if it snows.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly, could I have a reading for the rest of the year please? Thank you - Rohini

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

I've recently started a weekly prayer to Venus, and would like to make sure I understand two points she appears to have made to me:

First, I think she said she guided someone into my life because we are romantically suited for each other. Is this accurate?

Second, I think she's telling me that what she most wants me to work on right now is getting over my fear of getting hurt. Am I hearing her correctly here too?

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

Yes, she thinks you're right on track.

For the person she guided into your life, she provides Quert or Delight well-dignified. Quert or the Apple tree is one of her calling cards in my system of the Ogham, and it is a clear message that you are to give it your best romantic shot with this person. Bon chance!

For the second question, Yes, you have got to work on your fear of getting hurt. The Ogham give you Luis or Protection and suggest you meditate on what I have said about it here:

https://druidogham.wordpress.com/the-fews-air/luis/

Especially think about imbalances of protection: under-protection and over-protection. Over-protection is often the same thing as under-protection. You cannot seal yourself away out of fear of getting hurt and expect to remain healthy and happy. Human life is a constant series of brutal, exhausting tests and bravery is choosing to face them instead of running away. We humans cannot catch a break; we are even being tested as we dream! Basically this is why I look forward to my own (hopefully of old age) death someday. I want a vacation!

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly.

Thanks as always for this service.

Over the past almost-3 years, I have cut contacts with a particular group of friends (now mostly living in geographically distant parts of the county) because of the way they behaved during covid - not really because of anything specific they did or said directly to me, but because of their generally delusional behavior. They still occasionally reach out to me about zoom calls and wanting to get together in one place (especially the one who live closer), but I fund myself reluctant because I feel like I don't really have anything in common with them anymore.

Does your Ogham think I should try to 'forgive and forget" and rebuild those friendships, or just keep evading and brushing off because I don't really want to bother any more? Or something else?

I know what my instinct is, but I want to check with your Ogham....it's been insightful in the past.

Thanks again.

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham think you should generally forgive them. They provide Gort or Perseverance, meaning to muddle through with the friendships despite their crappy behavior. This isn't to say you should take any abuse, however. If I were you, I would calmly and unequivocally set limits and ask yourself exactly what constitutes a deal breaker. I have friends who bought into the Coviditarian nonsense. One of them is gone now: I did a cut and clear spell on this person to remove them from my life. They were very toxic and foul-intentioned, directing a great deal of hatred towards anyone who disagreed with them or their politics. The final straw was thinly-veiled threats of lawsuits for comments I made online warning the vegan community about an animal hoarder posing as animal rescuer. It was extremely obvious my "friend" wanted to see me sued into poverty and ostracized from polite society, and this was before the quaxx was even a thing. With friends like them, who needs enemies?

The other friend I kept. Though we differ politically and she got the quaxx multiple times, she has never pressured me to get it, nor has she ever tried to shame me for not quaxxing or masking. Unlike my toxic ex-friend, she is a generous soul who never sees any form of kindness as a transactional arrangement. Frankly, I got tired of my ex-friend's internal tally of what every deed they did was worth in terms of exchange for sex or money. They didn't think I could see that part of their soul, but it was on full, horrid display.

Edited Date: 2023-01-22 11:40 pm (UTC)

From:

fringe_elemental

Hello Kimberly,
Thank you for your help in previous matters involving our little boy, Juju who is no longer with us.
I still feel like he is, though.
What do the Ogham have to say about this?

Colleen

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Colleen,

My condolences for your loss. My Ogham say Yes, he is still there. They provide Duir or Gifts well dignified. I interpret this to mean that Juju is hanging around by choice. After Kiki died, she stayed around for several months before she finally departed to other levels of existence. In its weird way, this did not make her passing easier, but of course I did not object. From my experience, cats tend to hang around for a long time after they die.

From:

fringe_elemental

Thank you, Kimberly,
I've had a couple of things happen that make me wonder.
One night I was in my craft room, my chair being no more than 15 feet from the front door and I swear I heard his raspy little voice at the door. We have a large covered entryway and I lit a candle for him to let him know that I heard him. And this past weekend I was outside and saw a shadow moving in another area where he liked to hang out and when I looked closer, nothing else was there.
It's a feeling like he's just on the other side of the veil and I still miss him terribly.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What would the outcome be if I took up screen printing again?

Thank you for your time.

From:

kimberlysteele

My Ogham think it will work out well for you. They give you Eadha or Limits well-dignified, indicating that it won't be super difficult to re-start and that you'll get a great deal out of the old fashioned art of screen printing.

From: (Anonymous)

Evening, Kimberly. A job is open that I'm thinking to stop by the office of and drop off a cover letter for. It's not close to where I live, but it looks good to me otherwise. Does your Ogham like this position? Or will a better position open up next month and I'm too hasty to take the first offer?

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi Anon,

My Ogham don't care for the job. They provide Mór or Sea Change ill-dignified in reference to it, meaning the general environment there is not for you. As for next month bringing better luck and a better position, they are not optimistic about it. They provide Beith or Beginnings ill-dignified, meaning either a rough start or at worst, no good leads at all.

From: (Anonymous)

Hi Kimberly,

What's up for me and my family this week?

Thanks!

-PW

From:

kimberlysteele

Hi PW,

You drew three cards this week.

For the You position, you drew Tinne or Defense well-dignified. Even as a well-dignified card, Tinne means there may be danger to you and your family, so it tells you to keep your defenses up and strong. Overall, you have a strong tribe and a good foundation, so my Ogham think you can build upon that strength by doing more of the same. A good question to ask is "What makes a strong family? What kind of tests can a strong family withstand?"

For the Situation, you drew Quert or Delight ill-dignified. Things may be rushed this week and it will be tempting not to take the proper amount of time to enjoy life. As I said in a previous reading, giving is a careful balance between parsimony and profligacy. True enjoyment is a matter of balance and an avoidance of extremes. Quert ill-dignified may indicate rudeness or jealousy directed your way -- try to rise above such behavior by not sinking to its level.

For the Outcome, you drew Saille or Sensitivity ill-dignified. Saille indicates a need to pare down and to get rid of anything that does not spark joy. This includes that which you are lukewarm or middling about. It can also talk about insensitivity, coldness, or obtuseness, so if there is drama this week, it may be of that sort.